Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
70 Years. Endless Negotiations. Yet No Peace. Here’s Why.
Friday, October 11, 2019
The Palestinian Delusion
Jihad Watch : Ever since the modern State of Israel was founded in 1948, and even
before that, there have been attempts to negotiate a peace settlement
that would enable Israelis and their neighbors to live side-by-side in
an atmosphere of harmony and mutual tolerance.
Presidents, Kings, Premiers, dictators, strongmen, weaklings — all of
them and more gave their best efforts to achieving a peace settlement. All failed. Yet every new American administration, every new President, every new
Secretary of State, thinks that he or she possesses the solution that
has eluded everyone else. Everyone thinks he can untie the Gordian knot
that has confounded the world. And again, all fail.
It is one of the most curious situations that has ever occurred in
world history: peace settlement after peace settlement has failed, yet
no one ever seems to stop and wonder why. Instead, they go back to the
drawing board, thinking that this time will be unlike all the others,
this time the key to peace will be revealed, this time they’ll finally
hit upon the secret.
In The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process, I tell the fascinating, never-before-told story of these negotiations, and I do
provide the key that has eluded everyone else: in this book, I show why the negotiations failed, and why the entire “peace process” has been
ill-conceived from the start.
And yes, I do offer a way forward out of this most intractable of problems. This is one of the only books to buck the convention wisdom about
this vexed issue, which affects not only the Middle East, but the entire
world — and American policy. It’s long past time for a realistic appraisal of the situation and a
new approach. The book will be out December 3. You can preorder it here.
